<p>Mine are at least. It would be nice if it listed the score on the old scale though...
For quantitative I got 167/170 which is a 95th percentile. But on the old scale it would have been an 800...</p>
<p>When did you take the test? Mine are not up yet.</p>
<p>It really sucks doesnt it…?</p>
<p>Im taking it tomorrow. The day of the test, when you finished, what you got was a range? If so, what was the range given to you on the quant section?</p>
<p>I took it September 3. It said the score range was 750-800.</p>
<p>I took the test before Aug. 1 and noticed today my percentiles went down. Thank GOD I sent all my score reports out before this change. 
Schools will see only my old scores with better percentiles. </p>
<p>But ETS screws everyone else over though with their new test…or you guys are screwing yourself over – getting smarter every year – depending on how you look at it. Haha.</p>
<p>I took mine on August 1st, and they’re up. Thanks for the heads up!</p>
<p>I took mine in late September, so maybe mine’s up in the next batch. Or something.</p>
<p>I dont understand. I swear when I took the GRE last year (obviously in the old score scale) I was given my scores instantly after I finished. Did something changed or am i crazy?</p>
<p>ya alot changed, they are withholding scores for 2 months for research purposes. They are doing test validation research.</p>
<p>This is strange. Took test in Aug. with ot range of 700-800 verbal. Actual score was 165. that is 96%ile. Yet it is only a 690 on concordance table:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/concordance_information.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ets.org/s/gre/pdf/concordance_information.pdf</a></p>
<p>OTOH 94%ile on Quant is an 800. Got a 168, 96% (range in Aug was 750-800).</p>
<p>Writing could be higher, only a 4. That was a timing and word processing issue.</p>
<p>Is it pointless to retake for higher scores for the top BioE/BME?</p>
<p>My quantitative percentile score dropped from 72 to 69. There is a school that’s application states “Only average scores in the 70% range or higher will be considered.” My self report *and *score report to that school shows the old score (72), but I’m afraid they’ll look at the conversion chart and say, ERRR!! X(</p>
<p>Should I be concerned and call the school?</p>
<p>MomPhD, I had the exact same experience. Took the GRE in August, received an estimated score range 720-780 and then received a score of 165 which is 96%ile and understand is a 690 according to the table. Disappointing! I wonder if people did better on the verbal than was originally expected so that the initial estimated scores were inaccurate? </p>
<p>Do you know does the percentile attached to the scores always remain the same, or as more people take the exam does the percentile change to reflect new data?</p>
<p>My verbal range was 650-750. Now it is 90% (630/640). The estimated range is totally meaningless.</p>
<p>Will my 690, 96%ile be the same score 3 years from now or will there be new data it is derived from?</p>
<p>No idea. Though maybe the small sample size is skewing it and it will change as they get more data? Just a guess. Why not contact ETS and ask? It is just upsetting that their estimated range was so far off. Yet the percentile is still very high, so…I think it is the concordance table that is screwed up. 96%tile just doesn’t seem like it should be a 690. I mean, 165/170, 96%tile looks pretty great, so why bother even pay attention to the concordance score? I kind of remember a big discrepancy between the verbal and the quant percentiles vs scores on the old test too.</p>
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<p>I talked to ETS yesterday. The answer is yes. Over time, percentiles go down as test takers get smarter, but you’re raw score will always be the same. So in 3 years you may have a 690/92%.</p>
<p>Be happy if you didn’t embarrass yourself like I did by mentioning the estimated range to the professor who will likely be my graduate adviser and evaluating my application. I hope it doesn’t look like I inflated the report of my scores as she will not know there was a discrepancy between what ETS reported initially and the actual result. </p>
<p>You know the evaluators will be looking at the conversion tables at first because they are used to the old scoring system and it means more to them.</p>
<p>Ouch! Not a happy thought that my percentile score will go down. :-)</p>
<p>One of the reasons I took the test in the first weeks was that I knew I didn’t have money for test prep and thought it might even the playing field as I wouldn’t be compared to people who had been coached or studied for long periods. </p>
<p>My teenage son enjoyed rattling me, by suggesting that a large portion of people who took the test that first month with me would probably be employees of testing companies who taught the tests for a living, and would want to know what the new tests were like. He succeeded in worrying me that I had made a mistake being in the first batch! But what you say indicates my original thought may have been the right one.</p>
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<p>Percentile scores go down maybe ~1% every year; it’s a natural phenomenon. ETS likes to track it really every 3-5 years, when people’s test expire (5 years) so that they can see the difference. (Their rationale is that those people get smarter too over 5 years, so it really isn’t a problem for them to retake it) </p>
<p>*You *really don’t have anything to worry about in terms of percentile dropping. It will fall at its average rate now, as I described above. By taking the new test, your score represents the new benchmarks. For me, however, the drop was not only huge, but sooner than I expected because I took the old test in June, so the new scores created a complete shift. Think of it as an earthquake. Every year there may be a small earthquake and you may not notice, but this year, there was a huge earthquake. The people who incurred the worst cost were those who bought a brand new house before this fall (took the test before Aug 1).</p>
<p>I hadn’t thought of the possible impact for those who had taken the test before August.</p>
<p>Sorry if it is already discussed elsewhere, would you mind explaining how the revised test impacts the scores of those who took the previous version? Does it change your percentile ranking, and why?</p>